I heard Maitland and Lake Macquarie are keen to get Zone League sides started up this upcoming season.Quote:
Originally Posted by The Spy
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I heard Maitland and Lake Macquarie are keen to get Zone League sides started up this upcoming season.Quote:
Originally Posted by The Spy
Sounds sensible. I'd doubt anyone is getting droppedQuote:
Originally Posted by The Spy
Premierships, not championships.Quote:
Originally Posted by The Spy
Was actually talking to the Tenambit Prez on Monday and I know he is keen on getting a squad back in the grades, it will just come down to getting numbers for the team which will be hard as at least 6 of the 12 from this seasons attempt at a squad left the club all together and a few others are looking to follow those to their new club for next year!Quote:
Originally Posted by The Spy
Iv heard Lakes have applied for a team to come straight into league one. Because the players they are looking to put in that squad are the ones to old for their age squads but didn't make first.Quote:
Originally Posted by Premy
Thank you Milhouse.Quote:
Originally Posted by pv4
I think those guys and that club will be in for a rude shock when they get to the realities of Zone Leagues to be honest.Quote:
Originally Posted by onlooker;163***
Put them in ZL3 and if they're actually good enough, they'll be in ZL1 within 2 years. I suspect they won't go up the comps that easily though. All the Zone League clubs are already filled with ex-NEWFM players not good enough for first grade (edit: yours truly a prime example :rof: ).
You'll see Bon and i at Jets games. Got nothing better to do. Love a good Hamburg yarn.Quote:
Originally Posted by Retro Jet
This is what happened at Wallsend when we were accepted back into NEWFM. We inquired about nominating for League 1 with the players who didnt make the cut for NEWFM and were told we had to start at the bottom and work our way up. Had a good amount stick around and made it to league 2 at the 1st attempt. Didnt quite reach our goal of getting to League one this year coming in 2nd. The top half of League 2 was tough this year and there are some quality players kicking around in this division.Quote:
Put them in ZL3 and if they're actually good enough, they'll be in ZL1 within 2 years. I suspect they won't go up the comps that easily though. All the Zone League clubs are already filled with ex-NEWFM players not good enough for first grade
Exactly. Particularly because Lakes are confirmed in npl for 3 years, that's plenty of time for their non-first graders to make it to ZL1 or higher if they're good enough.Quote:
Originally Posted by WFC_ZL
It's all pure speculation until Newcastle Football make there decision.
Nominations have been sent out, it's up to each respective club to decide which division they nominate. Then it's up to Russell and Newcastle Football to decide on who goes in what divisions.
Suburb keen to stay in ZL?Quote:
Originally Posted by Premy
We were always keen to stay on the proviso that there was a spot made available by the promotion of New Lambton.Quote:
Originally Posted by hawk
Never wanted to get in Jesmonds way and we only hope that Newcastle Football decide to spare us now there's a place in ZPL avaliable.
Any other clubs willing to think they could go up to ZPL if the opportunities there? Cookers say don't want to. TERRACE took out the GF but lower grades finished lower half of table. Stockton 4th but lower grades the same as terrace.
Personally don't think a club that doesn't win the comp should be rewarded by going up a division.
Hearing whispers shortland are trying to make a ZL3 team like Edgeworth and Argenton have done the past two seasonsQuote:
Originally Posted by The Spy
Better yet why don't the federations take into account club championship? I know in sydney first and second division the winner of the comps, prom/relegation are all decided on club championship.Quote:
Originally Posted by The Spy
Now that npl has gone to u20 to reflect the changes in sydney & elsewhere, why don't northern and the federations takeinto account club championship a bit more seriously in newcastle? Putting more emphasis on the entire clubs can never be a bad thing right? Surely it's a more sustainable way to assess promotion relegation
I'd imagine Kotara or Warners Bay would be keen? Both have been very consistent over the last couple of years (taking Cookers out of the equation).Quote:
Originally Posted by Passtheballmate
I'd imagine if some Kotara players played to their ability in the appropriate grade they'd be a lot more successful in firsts and not so much in the lower grades. Rather then the reverse.
To be fair to Terrace res grade after round 7 we were sitting third but unfortunately as happens, it was around that time we started to rack up the injuries in firsts meaning res sent players up, we also lost a few res players to injury and from that point on we had a lot of guys playing both thirds and res due to the low numbers we had to start with. By the time we got players back it was well to late. I believe if we had a better run with injuries and such we would have finished a lot higher then we did. But we didn't and that's football I guess.Quote:
Originally Posted by Passtheballmate
I hear their form slipped when they lost their inspirational keeper to first grade. Is this correct?Quote:
Originally Posted by onlooker